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Doulton ware
(Encyclopedia) Doulton wareDoulton waredōlˈtən [key], English pottery produced at Lambeth after 1815, first by John Doulton and his partners, then by his descendants. It won the medal at the…Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children
Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html . This list was compiled from an online survey by the NEA in 1999. See also Kids' Top 100 Favorite…garnet
(Encyclopedia) garnet, name applied to a group of isomorphic minerals crystallizing in the cubic system. They are used chiefly as gems and as abrasives (as in garnet paper). The garnets are double…Biographies of Famous African Americans
Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee Browse by category Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious…Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books
Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html . This list was tabulated from an online survey that the National Education Association ran from…Gordon, John Brown
(Encyclopedia) Gordon, John Brown, 1832–1904, U.S. public official and Confederate general, b. Upson co., Ga. Gordon began his Civil War service as an infantry captain and so distinguished himself…Herreshoff, John Brown
(Encyclopedia) Herreshoff, John BrownHerreshoff, John Brownhĕrˈəs-hŏf [key], 1841–1915, American yacht and ship builder. Though totally blind from the time he was 15, he managed his own sail-boat…Durand, Asher Brown
(Encyclopedia) Durand, Asher BrownDurand, Asher Browndy&oomacr;răndˈ [key], 1796–1886, American painter and engraver, b. near Newark, N.J. He established a reputation by his engravings of…Morris Brown College
(Encyclopedia) Morris Brown College: see Atlanta Univ. Center.Brown, Elmer Ellsworth
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Elmer Ellsworth, 1861–1934, American educator, b. Chautauqua co., N.Y., grad. Illinois State Normal Univ., 1881, and studied at the Univ. of Michigan and in Germany. He taught…Trending
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